You know we are nearing the start of the season when all the veterans have arrived at camp in Wilmington. Oh wait, almost all the veterens! "Big-time" offseason pickup Manny Fernandez is yet to strap on the pads at Ristuccia Arena. As far as I'm concerned, this is a positive since it may allow Tim Thomas to get a leg up on the number one goalie job. Bergeron, Murray, and enforcer Jeremy Reich are some of the most recent arrivals, rounding out the veteran core. The Globe put out a full list of the attendees: Andrew Alberts, P.J. Axelsson, Patrice Bergeron, Brandon Bochenski, Zdeno Chara, Chris Collins, Jeff Hoggan, Matt Hunwick, Martins Karsums, Phil Kessel, David Krejci, Matt Lashoff, Mark Mowers, Glen Murray, Jeremy Reich, Marc Savard, Jonathan Sigalet, Jordan Sigalet, Marco Sturm, Nate Thompson, Dennis Wideman.
* Among the veterans who have yet to arrive and skate: Peter Schaefer, Shawn Thornton, Manny Fernandez, Aaron Ward, and Chuck Kobasew.
* While attending the Redsox game last Friday, I was walking around before the game and saw the towering figure of Captain Zdeno Chara nearby. He was on his way to the pregame show on Yawkey Way and let me tell you, Chara is even bigger in person!
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